Exercise, Basic and Translational Research Section

Section Nucleus

Mission & Objectives

Chair, Martin Halle
Secretary, Paul Leeson
Chair-elect, Marco Guazzi
Past-Chair, Volker Adams 


Nucleus Members
Viviane Conraads
Francesco Cosentino
Julian Halcox
Ana  Jegier
Trine Karlsen
Evangelia Kouidi
Nicolle Kraenkel
Ulf Landmesser
Axel Linke
Sanja Mazic
Alessandro Mezzani
Tim  Takken

Luc Vanhees (consultant)

The mission of the Exercise, Basic & Translational Research Section of the European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (EACPR) is to promote and facilitate high-quality research and education related to exercise, basic and translational science in the fields of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation and sports cardiology, bringing together scientists from a broad range of disciplines.

This mission will be accomplished by placing emphasis on issues deemed of interest for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of cardiovascular diseases, such as cardiovascular and exercise physiology and pathophysiology, functional genomics, cell signaling and energetics, myocardial and vascular biology, etc., and by favouring the application of basic knowledge to patient populations.

The Section will help in establishing communication and facilitating interchange between the EACPR Sections and the EACPR and other scientific societies, and in favouring the formation of international interest groups to promote scientific interactions and  activities on selected topics. 

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News: Lifestyle & CVD Literature

• Snow shoveling and cardiac risk
  Am J Emerg Med 2011; 29: 11–17The ‘snow shoveling season’ is part of the folklore of Emergency and Cardiology Departments across the world. A recent paper from Watson et al (Am J Emerg Med 2011; 29: 11–17) indicates this is more than just folklore. Read Paul Leeson's comment
• Are imposed dietary salt restrictions more effective?
  Heart 2010; Advance online publication
  Australian researchers suggest that compulsorily restricting the salt content of processed foods to "moderate" levels may reduce the disease burden linked to high salt consumption by 18% compared with voluntary salt reduction initiatives. Read Paul Leeson's comment

Publications

• New! Cardiovascular evaluation of middle-aged/senior individuals engaged in leisure-time sport activities
  Position stand from the sections of exercise physiology and sports cardiology of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 
  Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil.  June 2011 vol. 18 no. 3 446-458
• Assessment of physical activity – a review of methodologies with reference to epidemiological research
  A report of the exercise physiology section of the EACPR
• Key reference library on Basic & Translational Research
• Standards for the use of cardiopulmonary exercise testing for the functional evaluation of cardiac patients:  A report from the Exercise Physiology Section of the European Association of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation.Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2009;16:249-267.

Congress reports

• New scientific advances in basic and translational research, O. Ellingsen (2009) 
• New scientific advances in exercise physiology  A. Mezzani (2009)

Poster Prize Winners 

• EuroPRevent 2011 Basic and Translational Science Winner: N. Kraenkel (CH), Leukocyte-endothelial interaction is altered in coronary artery disease and type 2 diabetes: role of kinin signalling
• EuroPRevent 2010 Basic Science Winner: S Agouri (DE), Nitric oxide (NO) induces  AT-2 receptor expression in a cGMP-dependent manner.
• EuroPRevent 2010 Exercise Physiology Winner: M Sandri (DE), Anti-proteolytic effects of exercise training in the skeletal muscle of chronic heart failure patients: does exercise work equally well in all age groups?
• EuroPRevent 2009 Basic Science Winner: N Mangner (DE), Differential effects on catabolic activation in quadriceps muscle and diaphragm of rats after induction of chronic heart failure (chf).
• EuroPRevent 2009 Exercise Physiology Winner: M Angevaren (NL), Physical activity and 5-year cognitive decline in middle-aged men and women.
• EuroPRevent 2008 Basic Science Winner: T Suvorava (DE), Vascular oxidative stress inhibits mobilization of circulating stem cells with endothelial progenitor capacity in mice.
• EuroPRevent 2008 Exercise Physiology Winner: M Zurek (CH), Exercise Training Reduces Oscillatory Ventilation during Exertion
• EuroPRevent 2007 Basic Science Winner: M McMullen (SE), Breathing frequency estimation from stroke volume oscillations calculated from Model flow
  using continuous finger arterial pressure measurements with Finometer
• EuroPRevent 2007 Exercise Physiology Winner: G Van Thielen (BE), Rate response and cardiac resynchronisation therapy in chronic heart failure: higher cardiac output does not acutely improve exercise performance